On January 30th, 2020, Banyan received its first delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Michigan-based Avfuel Corporation. 7,000 gallons were received at its Florida facility located on Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE). SAF is a clean substitute for fossil jet fuels. Rather than being refined from petroleum, SAF is produced from sustainable [...]
Banyan Air Service is once again the preferred FBO for the Big Game on February 2, 2020. Located on Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Banyan sits just outside the TFR and is only a 25 minute drive to Hard Rock Stadium. You must make a reservation — We will fill up Reserve Your Slot [...]
We are happy to announce that Atlantic Technical College has a new Avionics Systems Technician course available. It will be offered twice a year in January and August as a 100% classroom and lab-based course. (See PDF for details.) This is exciting news as the demand for avionics technicians is growing and it is difficult [...]
On September 14th, 2019, Banyan Air Service celebrated 40 years of service on Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport by having an open house for the aviation community. With help from exhibiting vendors, Banyan welcomed over 700 guests who enjoyed great food, entertainment and games. One of the highlights of the day featured a [...]
It was a sea of pink at the third annual FXE Fly Pink event held at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on Friday, October 4th. The purpose of this event was to raise awareness for breast cancer prevention, improve the lives of Fort Lauderdale employees and airport tenants, and raise funds for cancer research. Several of [...]
Banyan is an authorized sales and service center for the HondaJet and our MRO teams have completed an installation of a Gogo AVANCE™ L3 Wi-Fi system in a HondaJet Elite; the first install of its kind in the country. This install provided in-flight connectivity domestically for a charter business. They also completed Banyan's first HondaJet [...]
Banyan's Mike O'Keeffe and Michael Gibson attended the EAA Airventure annual convention and fly-in, commonly referred to as "Oshkosh." It is an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the home of the show's internationally recognized sponsor, Experimental Aircraft Assocation (EAA). During the event, the control tower is the [...]
For the past nine years with the help of churches, missions, individuals, and organizations, Banyan has been leading the revitalization, rebuilding, re-equipping, and staffing of Egbe Hospital in a very rural location in Nigeria. The hospital, maintenance center, and housing portion of the 33-acre mission station are complete, and it has been one year since [...]
Thank you to everyone who donated and helped promote the Egbe Hospital shoe drive. Our team collected 300 pairs of shoes that will be shipped in the next container to Nigeria, where they will be delivered to the ECWA Hospital Egbe. Banyan's Shirley Kyle, accounting, Felicia Sharkey, parts, and Priscilla Strickland, accounting, decided to organize [...]
On Thursday, Sept 12, 2019 Banyan Air Service was honored by the City of Fort Lauderdale with a proclamation recognizing Banyan’s 40th anniversary at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The proclamation was signed by Mayor Dean J. Trantalis and presented to Don Campion. Also in attendance were Sueanne Campion, Commissioner Heather Moraitis, and Rufus [...]
Banyan is now turning 40 and our team at Banyan Air Service looks forward to celebrating an array of events and developments with the aviation community, from classes and appreciation days to business expansions. Events Customer Appreciation Day: September 14, 10 a.m – 3 p.m. The FBO looks forward to hosting customers at [...]
For Release: August 16, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, FLA. – On September 14, 2019 from 10 am – 3 pm, Banyan Air Service based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport will host a customer appreciation open house. “It was 1979 when it all began and it is hard to believe it’s been 40 years,” says Banyan’s [...]
